Abstract
Individual-based modelling is an increasingly popular framework for modelling biological systems. Many of these models represent space as a lattice, imposing unrealistic limitations on the movement of the modelled individuals. We adapt existing models of three competing species by using a lattice-free approach, thereby improving the realism of the spatial dynamics. We retrieve the same qualitative dynamics as the lattice-based approach. However, by facilitating a higher spatial heterogeneity and allowing for small spatial refuges to form and persist, the maintenance of coexistence is promoted. This corresponds well with experimental results.
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Daly, A. J., Quaghebeur, W., Depraetere, T., Baetens, J. M., & De Baets, B. (2018). Coexistence in Three-Species Cyclic Competition: Lattice-Based Versus Lattice-Free Individual-Based Models. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 11115 LNCS, pp. 115–124). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99813-8_10
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